Links

"American Century Project," oral history website developed by high school history teacher Glenn Whitman for use by students and teachers; includes pedagogical resources as well as examples of student work.

"Audio Field Recording Equipment Guide," developed by the Vermont Folklife Center; excellent guide to various recording technologies, as well as specific models; website also includes guides to digital editing of field audio and field recording in the digital age.

"Capturing the Living Past: An Oral History Primer," by Barbara W. Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan for the Nebraska Historical Society; a thorough primer in Q & A format, especially tailored for nonspecialists interested in interviewing on local and family history.

"Oral History on the Web: A Primer," developed by the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History at Louisiana State University; basic discussion "of simple principles by which oral histories can be transformed into effective Web presentations;".

"Oral History Primer," developed by the Regional History Project, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz; includes interviewing methods, procedure, and guidelines.

"Oral History Primer," developed by the Oral History Program at California State University, Long Beach; includes information on the techniques and methods of doing oral history, as well as on its uses in teaching and research.

"Oral History Questions," developed by Joanne Todd Rabun; includes more than 150 suggested questions for use in conducting a life history interview.

"Step by Step Guide to Oral History," developed by historian and educator Judith Moyer; a thorough guide that includes both "how to" information about planning and conducting an interview, as well as discussions of ethical, historiographic, and interpretive issues in oral history.